Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 9, 2005 19:28
19 yrs ago
Danish term
Colombia
Over 27 years experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Danish to English, Swedish to Spanish, and 8 more.
SVIGTER
Danish to English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Trains
Alarmhorn, meldelamper VEKSELSTRØM SVIGTER og TURBOSMØREPUMPE
(here I don't know if Svigter is a verb and in this case why it is in upper case).
(here I don't know if Svigter is a verb and in this case why it is in upper case).
Proposed translations
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| 4 | BREAKER |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 4 | cuts out |
Eliza-Anna
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Proposed translations
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BREAKER
I believe you are talking about an electrical failure switch here, e.g. a breaker
Peer comment(s):
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montanus
: Too late; however,it is quite normal that a system provides both an acoustic alarm and (red) alarm light at the same time.The reason for 'upper case', is that it is a normal short form to denote the NAME of the alarm lamp , namely the lamp "AC IS FAILING"
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yes, and that switch is here in the US called a breaker
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Will Matter
: Yup, and in the U.S. we call it a "breaker" or "circuit breaker", Blangsted is correct.
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Tak Will
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Ms Blangsted, this is more logical here."
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Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, English
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cuts out
Could be "cuts out", stops working" or "fails".
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